Cronulla captain Paul Gallen has maintained his innocence over doping allegations and says the Sharks players never seriously considered accepting six-month bans as part of a plea bargain deal.

As revealed by Fairfax Media at the start of the season, up to 14 Cronulla players were told at a meeting at Sharkies Leagues Club in early March that they would face no further sanctions beyond the six-month ban and would remain employed by the club if they admitted to the use of performance enhancing drugs.

If they did not do so the players would leave themselves open to the possibility of longer suspensions.

Sharks captain Paul Gallen: "I never went to broker any deal with ASADA".

But the players, who attended the meeting with their agents, refused as they maintained they did not knowingly take any banned substances.

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Fairfax Media also revealed that the players were considering suing the club if they received drugs bans and a document leaked to The Daily Telegraph claims eight Cronulla players - including Gallen - discussed the terms for accepting six-month "no significant fault" bans.

The other players named were Wade Graham, Nathan Gardner, Nathan Stapleton, Matthew Wright, Stewart Mills, Jason Bukuya and Bryce Gibbs, who was not at the Sharks in 2011 when players are alleged to have been given CJC-1295 and TB4. It is alleged that Gallen wanted State of Origin and Test match payments totalling $100,000, along with more than $100,000 in sponsorships, two Toyota vehicles and a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

The players also wanted guarantees the Sharks would not sack any player, a percentage of the club's salary cap increase for next season and one year contract extensions for any unsigned players. However, Gallen told Sky Sports Radio the players would never have agreed to the deal as they did not believe they had done anything wrong.

Asked if he had been offered a six-month ban in return for being truthful and honest, Gallen said: "That was told to us from day one but we don't know where being truthful and honest comes from because we don't know what we have done wrong.

"That was certainly before the season started, that was before round one. That's what we were told and it was reported back then that we were to keep our contracts and take six months but we don't know what we have done wrong so we will just deal with it as it comes.

"I never went to broker any deal with ASADA, I never had any interview with ASADA, I never spoke to ASADA at all, I never had any contact with them."

Gallen and 29 other NRL players, including up to 14 Sharks and a number of others who were at the club in 2011, have been told to schedule interviews with ASADA in the next 48 hours.

The interviews are due to start on August 1 and the NRL hopes they will be concluded before the end of August.

Gallen said he had not yet been notified if he was required for an interview. "I honestly do not know anything and I am sure with that letter having gone out today, I will speak to lawyers today and they will have some information for me and I will deal with it from there as will the rest of the players," he said.